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The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules to generate and validate cryptographic hashes.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-69079 PPS9-00-012800 SV-83683r1_rule High
Description
Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated. For detailed information, refer to NIST FIPS Publication 140-2, Security Requirements For Cryptographic Modules. Note that the product's cryptographic modules must be validated and certified by NIST as FIPS-compliant.
STIG Date
EDB Postgres Advanced Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-11-17

Details

Check Text ( C-69553r1_chk )
If a FIPS-certified OpenSSL library is not installed, this is a finding.

Run the command "cat /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled".

If the output is not "1", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-75265r1_fix)
There is no known fix for a FIPS-compliant OpenSSL library on Microsoft Windows at this time.

Configure RHEL OpenSSL as defined in section 9.1 of the RHEL OpenSSL FIPS Compliance documentation here:

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1758.pdf